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Stylish HiRise Stand Elevates Laptops to the Ideal Height

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There's no shortage of stands for laptops, but we've never seen one as useful or beautiful as the HiRise for MacBook from Twelve South. The HiRise secures that gleaming laptop on the pedestal it deserves, with style and grace. The best part? It places the screen at a more comfortable height for your viewing pleasure, working with an external keyboard and mouse for a more desktop-like experience.

The brushed-aluminum HiRise fits an 11-inch MacBook Air, a 15-inch MacBook Pro and just about any other laptop on its sturdy platform. The stand positions the screen at a height that's nearly level with your eyes, letting you keep your chin up for more commodious computing. Its V-shaped arms cradle your laptop without scratching it, and they're grippy enough to keep it from slipping. And the stand's Teflon-coated bottom lets you easily rotate the laptop to face the right direction.

It's easy to adjust the height of the stand, too. We tested one here and noticed it's easy to loosen the thumbscrew and move the stand's platform up and down, as high as six inches. We even matched its height to a monitor sitting right next to it. Excellent.

At $69.99, the MacBook-matching HiRise premium stand isn't cheap, but it looks great on the desktop. It's a swanky accessory that would make a lovely gift.

Gift of the Day: HiRise for MacBook Stand

HiRise for MacBook

HiRise for MacBook

HiRise for MacBook

HiRise for MacBook

HiRise for MacBook

HiRise for MacBook

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